A Christ Follower: The Journey

My God! My God ! WHY? Have You Forsaken Me? Grief: It is a challenging thing; additionally it can be a gut wrenching thing. Grief comes to each one of us.  It's doubtful there is anyone who will never experience it, and that included the Son of The Living God, even Jesus.   After hanging and suffering, and listening  to those who witnessed His demise,  and speaking to His Mother Mary and John, His loss was becoming intense and extraordinarily real.  It was becoming very authentic indeed. From the moment of His conception, His relationship with His Father, was just perfect.  When God the Father spoke to God the Son, God the Son listened prayerfully and carefully. He spoke the words given Him by the Father.  It did not matter if His words were hated, ignored or well received with glee, as He bled and died there and set people free. He only wanted to walk with His DAD in Heaven. Never in the history of humankind had there ever been an intima...

The Responsibility of The Son of God. The Responsibility Of A Son . While Jesus hanged there looking down at the crowd, He saw His mother, and He saw "the disciple whom He loved," John.  All the other male disciples had failed Him and they ran away like terrified little boys.  But not John.  And Mary, His Mother stayed as close by -- at every possible moment -- during those horrible unholy yet holy seconds, minutes and hours, as she watched Jesus move closer to His death. Yes, Jesus was and is very much The Son of God hanging there.  He was and is very much The Son of Man hanging there.  And there is no question HE was and IS The Son of Mary, and He  was indeed bleeding and dying before her grieving eyes. No mother should have to gaze upon such a thing.  Sons care what happen to their mothers, if they are any kind of people at all. Even though Jesus was abandoned by everyone, with only a thief on His side speaking respectfully to Him, and defen...

Today you will be with me In Paradise. Jesus Promise of A Lifetime We make all kinds of promises in our lifetime. As our children grow, they may wish to do something, and it may be challenging to make the scheduling work; however, we work even harder when we give our word or when we make them a promise. We set up a special time to be with our fiends and relatives.  So, we put the event on our calendars, and in this modern day, we have our calendar send us a reminder via text or email.  When I was a teenager, promise rings were given to girls who were considered special to their boyfriends, and when a boy gave the ring to the girl, he was making a public promise that he and she were dating only each other. Here in the USA, if we are in a courtroom, and we are called to the witness stand, we make a vow -- a promise -- to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, "so help me God." Then there are the vows or promises we make to God regarding our church ...

Father Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do! Jesus In my life I have watched more people die than most, and over my lifetime I have heard people say their final words. I remember my mother's final words to me, and I will keep them to myself.  I also have the same memory of the final thing my Dad said to me.  This too will remain with me; however, there are the final words of Jesus that need to go around the world ... especially during this time of the year. The Context Keep in mind this was a horrific day which the Prophet Isaiah spoke about, as he foretold thousands of years before Jesus death,  what would happen to Him. And Peter looked back to that day years later before his own crucifixion. They said something like this: He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. His punishment brought us peace AND by His stripes we are healed . Yes, a lot was happening on that day, and those who were wounding Him, bruising Him, punish...